Biology:Allium sannineum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Allium sannineum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. sannineum
Binomial name
Allium sannineum
Gomb.

Allium sannineum (Arabic ثوم صنين) is a plant species found in the Levant (Syria, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon). It is a bulb-forming perennial with an umbel of flowers crowded together, resembling a head. Their tepals are deep blue of violet with fringed edges.[2][3][4]

They can found at elevations between 1800–2300 m.[5]

References

  1. iucnredlist.org/species/13145504/18609842
  2. "Flora of Israel Online". http://flora.huji.ac.il/browse.asp?action=specie&specie=ALLSAN. 
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. René Gombault. 1938. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 84: 470.
  5. Ori Fragman-Sapir (Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, The Hebrew University); Semaan (Consultant), Myrna (2016-02-02). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Allium sannineum". https://www.iucnredlist.org/en. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15522365 entry